Monthly Commons digest

January 2025: the Commons month in review

Ayes and Noes · compiled from official UK Parliament data

Published 31 January 2025 2 min read

January 2025 opened the new year with 22 divisions across six sitting days, nine carried and thirteen rejected, and roughly 10,300 votes cast.

Education was the most frequently divided-on topic. Party discipline was tight: only five votes were recorded against a party majority all month.

22

Divisions

9

Passed

13

Rejected

10,284

Votes cast

Activity through the month

Recorded divisions per sitting day (hover a bar for the date).

0 4 7 8 Jan 2025: 1 division 18 14 Jan 2025: 5 divisions 514 15 Jan 2025: 7 divisions 715 21 Jan 2025: 4 divisions 421 24 Jan 2025: 1 division 124 28 Jan 2025: 4 divisions 428

Bars show sitting days on which the Commons divided; the axis numbers are divisions held.

Notable divisions

What was debated

Topics by number of divisions tagged (locally derived).

Rebellions

5 votes were cast against an MP's own party majority this month.

Largest rebellion, 2 MPs voted against their party majority

Women’s State Pension age (Ombudsman report and compensation scheme): Ten Minute Rule Motion

28 Jan 2025

Most active MPs

By recorded votes cast this month (a participation measure, not a judgement of effectiveness). Party shown as at the time.

Early Day Motions

138 new Early Day Motions were tabled this month.

Most signed, 98 signatures

Snares

EDM 705 · tabled by Ruth Jones